diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/session.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/session.py
index df9e83e7a..e4af1988d 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/session.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/session.py
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ def _compute_file_hmac(secret, body):
     return hmac.new(key, body, _FILE_HMAC).hexdigest().encode()
 
 
+def _open_session_file(path):
+    """Open a session file for writing with mode 0o600 (owner-only).
+
+    Session files contain OAuth access/refresh tokens, AWS/Google/Azure/
+    BigAnimal cloud credentials, the Kerberos cache path, MFA OTP material,
+    and `pass_enc_key` (the symmetric KEK used to decrypt the user's saved
+    Postgres server passwords). The default `open(path, 'wb')` uses the
+    process umask, which on most systems leaves files world-readable
+    (0o644). Force 0o600 so that even if the directory permissions are
+    misconfigured (e.g., a volume mount in a container with shared uids),
+    individual session files remain owner-only.
+    """
+    fd = os.open(
+        path,
+        os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC,
+        0o600,
+    )
+    return os.fdopen(fd, 'wb')
+
+
 sess_lock = Lock()
 LAST_CHECK_SESSION_FILES = None
 
@@ -254,8 +274,8 @@ class FileBackedSessionManager(SessionManager):
         if fname is None:
             raise InternalServerError('Failed to create new session')
 
-        # touch the file
-        with open(fname, 'wb'):
+        # touch the file with mode 0o600 — see _open_session_file rationale.
+        with _open_session_file(fname):
             return ManagedSession(sid=sid)
 
         return ManagedSession(sid=sid)
@@ -343,7 +363,7 @@ class FileBackedSessionManager(SessionManager):
             (session.randval, session.hmac_digest, dict(session)), -1
         )
         header = _compute_file_hmac(self.secret, body)
-        with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
+        with _open_session_file(fname) as f:
             f.write(header)
             f.write(body)
 
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/tests/test_session_file_format.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/tests/test_session_file_format.py
index c0953096a..733d0040b 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/tests/test_session_file_format.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/tests/test_session_file_format.py
@@ -452,6 +452,48 @@ class TestRealisticSessionShapeRoundTrip(_SessionTestSetupMixin, BaseTestGenerat
             '/var/lib/pgadmin/storage/alice/')
 
 
+class TestSessionFileMode0o600(_SessionTestSetupMixin, BaseTestGenerator):
+    """Session files must be created with mode 0o600 (owner-only).
+
+    Session contents include OAuth access/refresh tokens, cloud
+    credentials (AWS/Google/Azure/BigAnimal), the Kerberos cache path,
+    MFA OTP material, and `pass_enc_key` (which decrypts the user's
+    saved Postgres server passwords). The default open(path, 'wb') uses
+    the process umask, which on most systems leaves files 0o644
+    (world-readable). Verify both put() and new_session() create files
+    with mode 0o600.
+    """
+
+    scenarios = [('default', dict())]
+
+    def runTest(self):
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            self.skipTest("POSIX mode bits not meaningful on Windows")
+
+        # put() path
+        sess = self.manager.new_session()
+        sess.sid = "60606060-6060-6060-6060-606060606060"
+        sess['k'] = 'v'
+        sess.sign(SECRET)
+        self.manager.put(sess)
+        put_path = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, sess.sid)
+        put_mode = os.stat(put_path).st_mode & 0o777
+        self.assertEqual(
+            put_mode, 0o600,
+            "put() must create session file mode 0o600, got 0o%o" % put_mode)
+
+        # new_session() touch path. Force a worktree where new_session
+        # actually writes the placeholder (default skip_paths is empty).
+        new_sess = self.manager.new_session()
+        new_path = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, new_sess.sid)
+        if os.path.exists(new_path):
+            new_mode = os.stat(new_path).st_mode & 0o777
+            self.assertEqual(
+                new_mode, 0o600,
+                "new_session() touch must create file mode 0o600, "
+                "got 0o%o" % new_mode)
+
+
 class TestServerModeFalseDirectUpload(_SessionTestSetupMixin, BaseTestGenerator):
     """Spec T10: Scenario A chain closed at the session-read layer.